I checked out my facebook newsfeed & noticed that WCIU is moving Dr. Phil from 8pm CDT on 26.2 (U Too) to 9am on WCIU The U 26.1 (now will be in HD). WBBM-TV for now (main affiliate) will continue to carry the show at 3pm CDT. With this in mind; is any station in your market moving Dr. Phil to the timeslot held by Oprah Winfrey? Since Oprah airs on WLS-TV at 9am until Wednesday, neither WBBM-TV nor WCIU can air Dr. Phil at 9am. WLS-TV will continue to air Oprah at 11:05pm until September. In Chicago, I wouldn't be surprised if WCIU will eventually take Dr. Phil from WBBM-TV this fall.
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Is Dr. Phil changing timeslots in your market?
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In Los Angeles, I think Phil stays put at 4 on KCBS, which has been his timeslot since the show debuted (including the first few years when he was on KNBC). Back-to-back episodes of Judge Judy is the lead-in at 3pm, and with Oprah going away, KCBS should be able to win those two hours.
http://affiliate.zap2it.com/tvlisti...t&fromTimeInMillis=1306386000000&stnNum=30821 shows best of Oprah on Thursday and Friday at 4pm and then on 30 just Oprah but Dr. OZ coming in September to KMBC at 4pm. Is right know on KSHB at 3pm.
In Houston, KPRC (NBC) has been paying for the rights for the last two years, but hasn't been airing the show. Management said they weren't happy with the direction it had taken. Their contract is up next year and the show will move to KUBE, an independent that recently switched from Spanish to English. No love for Phil in Houston.
Besides Dr. Phil, Houston's KUBE-TV has also picked up "Rachel Ray" from KTBU, which is right now in the process to become MEGA-TV, as it becomes another station going from English to Spanish. MEGA-TV is owned by SBS Communications, which is based in Miami, and It is the company that has just bought KTBU from The Osteens.
No plans in Raleigh. WRAL runs Dr. Phil at 9 AM and
"Young And The Restless" at 4 PM, and will keep it that
way. WTVD is replacing Oprah with a 4 PM edition of
"ABC11 Eyewitness News" on the 26th. Y&R has usually
beaten Oprah head-to-head and I think that will continue now.
In Greensboro WXII runs Dr. Phil at 3 and Oprah at 4. They
plan to rerun Oprah's final season over the summer, so no change
there. What happens in September, I don't know yet, but Ellen
on WFMY at 4 could emerge the big winner, depending on what
Channel 12 does.
In Atlanta Ellen stays at 4 and Dr. Phil at 5 on WXIA, while WSB
replaces Oprah with a 4 PM edition of "Channel 2 Action News" on
the 26th.
"Young And The Restless" at 4 PM, and will keep it that
way. WTVD is replacing Oprah with a 4 PM edition of
"ABC11 Eyewitness News" on the 26th. Y&R has usually
beaten Oprah head-to-head and I think that will continue now.
In Greensboro WXII runs Dr. Phil at 3 and Oprah at 4. They
plan to rerun Oprah's final season over the summer, so no change
there. What happens in September, I don't know yet, but Ellen
on WFMY at 4 could emerge the big winner, depending on what
Channel 12 does.
In Atlanta Ellen stays at 4 and Dr. Phil at 5 on WXIA, while WSB
replaces Oprah with a 4 PM edition of "Channel 2 Action News" on
the 26th.
KSAT-12 in San Antonio wants to get rid of Oprah very badly because starting Thursday she'll be replaced by News At 4 On Channel 12 at 4:00 PM and Inside Edition at 4:30 PM. No best of shows, no repeats of Oprah, just more news and an entertainment/gossip show. And as far as I know Dr. Phil is still staying at 3:00 PM on 12.
I'm guessing in a way that San Antonio is trying to compete with Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, among others by having a couple of newscasts at 4:00 PM. I don't really see why because at 5:00 you probably will be getting the same news that you got at 4:00.
I'm guessing in a way that San Antonio is trying to compete with Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, among others by having a couple of newscasts at 4:00 PM. I don't really see why because at 5:00 you probably will be getting the same news that you got at 4:00.
Dr. Phil will be moving from WKMG to WOFL this fall. This will mean unless they purchase an HD recording server and HD Satellite and/or IPTV receiver which can receive syndicated programs on it won't be in HD like it was on WKMG (although it took them a couple of years after Dr. Phil went HD to actually transmit it in HD).
WFTV/WRDQ will replace Oprah with Dr. Oz which currently airs WESH/WKCF
WFTV/WRDQ will replace Oprah with Dr. Oz which currently airs WESH/WKCF
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KMGH 7 is doing the same thing (Though I have no idea what they're putting on in the doc's old 3:00 PM timeslot)ansky212 said:
Considering they own the rights to both Wheel Of Fortune & Joepardy which air at 6:00 PM & 6:30 PM retro-respectively & Inside Edition already airs in the morning at 9:30 AM after Who Wants To Be A Millionnaire, the only show they have left is Access Hollywood but that show is only 30 minutes long & won't cut the mustard at 3:00 PM
To make matters worse, the Xfinity guide is no help because they still show Dr. Oz as being on at 3:00 PM with news @ 4:00 PM. I'll tune in tomorrow & report back here tomorrow with what they're filling the doc's old timeslot with
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I'm curious as to what WSBT South Bend Indiana plan to do with the timeslot that Oprah occupies on both WSBT 22.1 in HD and SBT2 in SD on 22.2. They air both shows & show them side by side on both channels. Both shows air at 3 & 4pm respectively on 22.1 (HD) & 8 & 9pm on 22.2 (SD). As for Chicago, that was the only change, since to my knowledge, all other shows are staying in their timeslots. I primarily focused on DR. Phil is because of the no compete clause between Oprah & Dr. Phil.
Dave said:
Given that Oprah aired at 9 AM in Chicago, I never understood WBBM's decision a few years back to move "Guiding Light" (and, later, "Let's Make A Deal") against her, unless "General Hospital" on WLS was so far ahead of the pack at 2 PM as to make it almost impossible for a CBS program to compete. Right now, I don't know why WBBM doesn't put "Deal" at 2 (especially since "GH" is doomed if ABC puts Katie Couric's new show into that slot), followed by Dr. Phil at 3; KCBS very quickly flip-flopped "Deal" and Rachael Ray, putting her back at 9 AM and "Deal" at 2 PM, and I think KOVR is the only other CBS o&o outside the Eastern time zone to air "Deal" in the morning.
bpatrick said:
From what I read, and considering the ABC O&Os' dominance in their respective markets it's not surprising, WLS's daytime lineup has beaten its competition handily for years.
Compared to its competitors, WLS' daytime/early evening has remained unchanged for eons...
*Oprah
*The View (plus other numerous attempts ABC programmed in this hour)
*midday news (Ryan's Hope, Loving, Port Charles, etc. before that)
*All My Children
*One Life to Live
*General Hospital
*Inside Edition (has been at 3pm for as long as I can remember)
*Jeopardy! (has been at 3:30pm since its syndication debut)
*news at 4, 5, and 6pm
*ABC World News
*Wheel of Fortune (see Jeopardy!)
ShawnHill1 said:
The programming lineup has changed little over the years for WLS-TV. Prior to September 1986, the 9am timeslot was AM Chicago, a local morning talk show. They had numerous hosts over the years, but that program struggled in the ratings until Oprah Winfrey took over the show in 1984. Then the ratings for AM Chicago beat Phil Donahue. Then she went into national first run syndication in 1986, & the rest is history. Now who knows how well Windy City Live will do in that timeslot. This will be a local talk show, & this time, WLS-TV has no plans to take this show into syndication (not sure if they were even trying to take Oprah Winfrey into syndication when she hosted AM Chicago from 1984 - 1986). I already expect the new programs to replace All My Children & One Life To Live to flop, as they're part of the Livewell Network, & most of their shows suck as it is.
Now with Jeopardy & Wheel of Fortune, those shows have been on at 3:30pm for Jeopardy & 6:30pm for Wheel of Fortune since their syndication inception. Had Pat Sajak's night talk show succeeded, Wheel of Fortune would have been off the air a long time ago. When he left the NBC daytime version in 1990, it flopped with 2 different hosts, along with going to CBS, then back to NBC before it was cancelled for good.
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